Siklòn

PUBLISHER G Schirmer Inc

DURATION 7 min 30 s

ORCHESTRATION 2(pic).2.2+bcl.2/4331/timp.4perc/str

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REVIEWS

Siklòn…is skillfully conceived and considerably more artful than many contemporary fanfare-oriented concert openers.…The premiere proved an instant hit, and the score was enthusiastically cheered by the audience.

Lawrence Budmen, Miami Herald, 21st March 2016

Siklòn, Haitian Creole for cyclone, scored for a large orchestra, is celebratory and upbeat, driving relentlessly forward, focused more on rhythm than on melody, and suggestive of stormy weather.…Piccolo and trumpets provide bright colors, and a passage dominated by woodwinds was a highlight. Siklòn reaches an optimistic conclusion.

David M. Rice, Classical Source, 17th March 2016

Siklòn is a 7-minute stemwinder that starts explosively and ends up in an ecstatic, radiant C major in which the whole orchestra is piling rhythm upon rhythm as a simple scale climbs out of it into the heavens.

Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach Arts Paper, 17th March 2016